Endemic area. The goal is moving from a tower, to this ambulance and San FranciscoGeneral Hospital the Fire Department didnt just prep and seal. Turns out this unit has been ready, just in case. Is this if . When . Or we hope it never happens . I think were ready to be prepared for it. You guys might have is to stop and leave the patient where they are. Among lessons, suits take half an hour to put on and make everything difficult. They know that going in. If the unhappy surprise arrives. If the big one hits, well be ready for it. We asked the Fire Department to give itself a grade. The assistant chief says a fight for a congressional seat will be a bail biter. Abc7 news is live in san jose. David, what will decide this race . Its going to come down to two things. Voter turn out and undecided voters. Every vote is going to count. Both candidates, incumbent mike honda and challenger have been spending time at phone banks, seeking support in final hours. Polls conducted by bonl campa n campaigns differ but both agree a sizeable number of voters remain undecided. Political science professor Melinda Jackson explains why turn out could be crucial. Its f. Its a low voter turn out comboitsing to benefit honda. The loyal, older democratic voters will probably vote for him. If we see a higher turn out, that would help kana. Incumbents usually have an advantage, however, because of redistricting some have never seen a name of seven term congressman on a ballot before. Cana is running in the district for the first time he asked how low voter turn out might impact his results weve made 500,000 contacts. And so, my expectation is that were going to get the votes out. There is a real excitement among our voters young folks are excited. Folks want to bring change i think our folks are going to go to polls were seeing people excited to vote. And im confident to win. The stakes are high because the candidates reflect the large asianamerican community. Two bay area cities may become the first to impose a tax on sugary drinks. Abc7 news is live in San Francisco deli and wine with the story tonight. Leanne . Hey, dan n San Francisco this tax could generate between 35s sxdz 50 million extra revenue every year. Opponents say its not about the money but cutting consumption. Like American Beverage Association spent 9 million trying to stop them. Berkeley has a better chance of passing measure d because it only requires a simple majority. For San Francisco needs two thirds of the vote. That is because it would be considered a special tax only funding Recreational Activities and health and nutritional programs if you buy a 12 ounce can of soda, the measure would require you pay an extra penny per ounce but San Francisco wants to collect two pennies per ounce. So extra 0. 24 here is what many dont realize. You wont pay at the cash register. Its the distributor would be taxed and would be up to them to pass on the costs to consumers. If cost is absorbed it ends up doing nothing to deter people using these products. The industry encouraged people to overconsume. So these will be impacted by tax. So mexico has a similar tax and saw a 5 to 10 drop in sugary drinks. The issue created awareness about rising obesity. Both measures caught attention of young consumers. People who dont drink soda are going to continue not buying soda. In San Francisco, abc7 news voter turn out could prove to be an alltime low for california gubernatorial election. A survey shows that 42 are running for reelection. Voters seem more engaged in San Francisco. San francisco. San francisco will have a drive through ballot drop off stations. Still undecided about how to vote . Down load abc7 news app and live coverage begins tomorrow night at 7 00. More than 5,000 Law Enforcement officers honored one of their own at a memorial in Placer County today. They lined up to welcome the family of deputy danny oliver, killed in the line of duty last month. The procession escorted his wife and the church. They were killed in a shooting spree. A memorial scheduled tomorrow. An exchp officer suspected of stealing semi nude photos was bailed out of jail. He is accused of taking photos from one womans cell phone after arresting her for dui, sending the photos to other officers investigators say harrington admitted to stealing photos several times and prosecutors say he may have to review cases and some may have to be thrown out. If there is evidence of wrong doing then well handle them accordingly. Right now we only have evidence there is wrong doing for what he was charged. If convicted he faces several years in prison. jury was on the trial of two Police Officers accused in a major corruption case. In february, a federal grand jury indicted the two that include stealing money, drugs and other items from suspects. The former officer seen in this security video pleaded guilty to similar charges the Department Fired vargas for unrelated violations of Department Three officers were indut indicted and the investigation extended to separate allegations that mission station officers were violating suspects civil rights. Tho resulted in the indictments. He says the case is important. The public, he says should know officers are not above the law. Its important because it increases the level of trust she says the former cop is trying to get leniency. The department did the right thing. Got rid of a bad apple. Now, he is hes been shot and stabbed. Option statements supposed to start on monday. With regard to that other case involving seven station officers seen on those videos that trial is expected to start in january. Still ahead here tonight can education and enforcement stop drivers from blocking busy intersections . Later a patient campaigning for the right owe make the same choice. 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Here and only here. Come and get it. A number of cities tracking down drivers stuck on intersections. Abc7 news joins us live with the details. Carolyn . Theyre talking about it today. This is what theyre talking about. Maybe you can see a little bit of it. And despite the signs and big fines from 100 to 285, people continued to block. Now, Research Shows it might be time to institute an old program, and crack down. South of market, drivers block the box. They tried to beat the red light but dont make it. That means cross traffic stops. I fear for my life. Seriously. We want to target those with the biggest impact. A hearing held today to review a Pilot Project by San Franciscos municipal transportation agency. Two of the busiest intersections were monitored between 3 00 p. M and 5 00 p. M. During two days 115 vehicles blocked the intersection. And the gridlock kept more than 1500 ped december steins from crossing the street. I would like to see endorsement. A pilot moves forward but not with education. We think people dont know the law. This is due in the part to many people live and work downtown. In San Francisco, abc7 news. A woman convicted of running a Sham University that made millions by selling visas to Illegal Immigrants has been sentenced to more than 16 in prison. Prosecutors say she doe frauded students, used the money to buy a mansion, commercial properties and a mercedesbenz. A jury convicted her of 35 counts of fraud in march. The San Francisco symphony Michael Thomas is a married man, marrying his manager and long time partner Joshua Robinson the two met in los angeles playing in a Junior High School or kes stra. They found each other years later in new last week, end of october rain. Here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. Looking over San Francisco san jose, a little bit milder at degrees. 55 in petaluma. Fairfield rngs 50 degrees at golden gate bridge, high clouds passing over us. Forecast features continue to see high clouds satellite shows a big ridge of High Pressure bringing us a big november warm up. Dry patterns referring to long range precipitation with that will come quite a bit of warmth. High temperatures for san jose shows average high this time of the year is about 70 degrees. Next several days were going to see high temperatures into mid to upper 70s overnight, maybe a patch of low clouds near the coast. Tomorrow, nornl bay, nice, mild, highs into mid70s to napa. Highs into low to mid70s here is the accuweather forecast. Temperatures bouncing up to mid80s over the weekend and 70 degrees on the coast on the second weekend in november. Wow. Incredible. Yes. Thank you. Just ahead tonight plummeting prices at the pump. Big time. Where you can gas up for less than three per gallon. Stay with us korean car makers hyundai and kia agreed to pay for issuing misleading gas mileage figures. The companys overstated figures by 1 to 6 miles per gallon. Hyundai, the largest auto maker owns a third of kia. Gas prices continue to plummet tonight here and around the Country National average is now below three per gallon. Many gas stations are below that. Drivers are excited. Right before the holidays, you couldnt ask for a better blessing. Were beginning to see fallout from apple ceo tim cook last week that he is gay. A six foot statue of an iphone has been removed from the campus of a university. The statue features steve jobs who was not gay, Officials Say it violates a russian law from so called sexual propaganda. Stay with us. There is more just ahead. Asised suicide of a bay area woman. Plus, Michael Finney computer hackers dont steal your information they just take it hostage. And here is the view from 100 stories up. Built and open for business. The death of a terminally ill east bay woman who moved to oregon so she can end her life on her own terms sparked a new conversation about death with dignity. Brittany mainor died saturday. She graduated from uc berkeley and lived in the bay area before the family moved to oregon. Her death has more people wondering if california could allow a similar law to athat allowed her to die with medication prescribed by a doctor. There are only five states that have these death with dignity laws on the books. Last time california considered something similar was 2007. But the legislation never got to the governors desk. Others are taking up this conversation her decision restarted in california. Among them say 51yearold writer, jennifer glass. This is a picture of her wedding she feels a kinship with main yo yard. Im doing everything i can to extend my life but no one else has the right to prolong my death. Glass has been documenting the painful affect of her chemotherapy treatments, pushing for rights to make her life and death decisions in california. I can say that my quality of life now is negatively impacted by the fact that i dont have that legal choice. I dont know how much time i have. That is an option state senator mark leno says hes hoping to help provide, working with a group called compassion and choice. The idea is to reintroduce legislation giving patients a choice about their own lives and deaths. Its just a level of comfort to know the option is there. Not necessarily to use. That is to be decided along the way. In oregon, maynards doctor prescribed medication she took on her own. Opponents of the laws say theyre concerned about Vulnerable People including those with disabilities. Its dangerous to make assisted suicide an alternative medical treatment. The state senator says they can study to see if those concerns are accurate. He his says colleagues could draft legislation and if that happens theyd likely wait until 2016 to put it on the ballot. Sergio, thank you. Federal investigators looking into the virgin gal lastic crash are focusing on the wings. Ntsb says the pilot unlocked the wings slower than anticipated. One pilot died, a second survived. Virgins founder says he will go forward with space travel. There is no way i would ask unless id been the first to go myself and therefore i would be left to travel. The leader is hoping to be ready by early next year. The one World Trade Center has opened and tenants are moving in. It reaches a high of 1776 feet, taller than the original World Trade Center, of course was destroyed on september 11th. Magazine conde nast will occupy almost a quarter of the building Port Authority as done an incredible job of building a building that is probably instructable. Its a good start to get things moving into the right direction. Construction took just more than eight years, costing more than 4 billion. Its 60 leased. A new type of malware is spreading owe be warned about this. In this case instead of stealing your personal information, thieves are holding it hostage for ransom. Michael finney has the story. Attorney Christina Chin was settling in for another workday in her law office. Suddenly, something sinister shook her world. I thought it was a joke. She was trying to open a file on her computer, everything went blank and a threat appeared on the screen. Were taking your files she was stunned a software has taken over her information, locked files if she wanted them back shed have to pay. You have to pay ransom. Its the work of an under World Organization called crypto wall. Christina tried to open other documents and all were locked. 20 years of case dpiels, bank records, photos and letters. Everyone of them had the same pop up. I knew it is not a joke. Some are paying 10,000 to get their files back. Steve jarvi is investigating as is the fbi. Experts say criminals expect consumers with ransom wear, kidnapping files and holds them hostage. It has infected 800,000 Computers World wide since february. A quarter million in the united states. Victims paid out 1 million in ransom. Theyll charge you 5 million. That is the price. If you wait a few more days theyll jack the price up. 95 hours, 54 minutes to pay or the plies goes up. And you must use bit coins an untries treysable currency. Its like a spy movie. Or a conspiracy. Its surprising it would happen to an ordinary person like myself. The message told her dont waste time. No other solutions exist. You might as well just pay. Security experts agree. There is no way to unscramble coding victims escape only if backed up files somewhere else. Christina did not. Her test consultant said pay up. 500 i would be willing to pay reluctantly. They have you over the barrel. I was shocked there are these viruss out there that basically take a gun to peoples heads. Edgar chen is a computer whiz who searched for a way to unlock the files impossible until a small miracle. There was one solution we might have had a shadow copy. He found it in her computer. The windows restore feature backs up files but only if the user had it turned on. The shadow copy, there were her files. Amazingly, it did turn on the feature, just by ticking that box, copies were resting there. I think im lucky. Were both happy. People should know. Crypto wall is infecting thousands of computers every month. You click on a link and the virus falls into your computer. Protect yourself, back up files in a separate place. Michael returns tonight at 11 00 with a key made not by a lock smith but just by scanning it. Coming up next Technology Helps you fight cancer. Yes, allowing to you keep your hair and confidence, too. Bay oor abc7 news has more on how it is changing lives at a criminal time. The journalist was using her heart to fight cancer and her head to fight side affects. Chilling her scalp to keep from losing her hair. Its not about vanity the camp worked by cooling the scalp and limiting cancer drugs reaching the hair follicles. The investigator hopes it believes benefits are more than coulds met wrik. Chances of keeping hair makes them healthier and more likely to control over something. Still there have been questions tomorrow and mainly allowing the disease to return. He says concerns have not worn out. You if you look at patients, doesnt appear there is a higher risk. This looks good. The team now gathered data to present results to fda. If approved, swedish manufacturer plans to begin working with hospitals, and Centers Across the country. Wendy woods says one appointment to keep. I am going to get my hair cut. She says since appearing on the abc7 report, she thats become an advocate and believes approve yil would help more women with courage and dignity. Cancer treatment is horrible there is one thing you cannot worry about. Stay with us, this panda keeper tries to deal with two cubs at once. 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